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How you 👁 rainbows 🌈 (mander.xyz)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So how do triple rainbows work?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Light bounces around and exits a raindrop in many different directions. This graphic illustrates the first(brightest) two that hit your eye, but there will be a third, fourth, etc in decreasing brightness.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also, the tertiary rainbow is directly around the sun, which is hard to see because of, you know, the sun.